PEI-style Lobster Korma

Servings: 3

Ingredients:

  • 1 pkg (313g) Patak’s Korma 3-Step Sauce Kit
  • 1 tbsp Canola Oil
  • 1/2 cup Red Onion, chopped
  • 1/2 cup Water
  • 1/2 cup Coconut Milk
  • 2 (1.25 lb) PEI Lobsters, cooked*
  • Fresh Cilantro, chopped – optional
  • Grilled Naan Bread and/or Cooked Basmati Rice- as needed

Directions:

1. Place cooked lobsters onto a cutting board, remove tails and cut in half lengthwise. Set aside.
2. Remove claw and knuckle meat from each lobster and roughly chop.
3. Heat a medium pot over medium heat; add oil.
4. Add spice packet and cook, stirring often, for 30 seconds or until fragrant.
5. Add red onions and cook for 2-3 minutes or until softened.
6. Stir in spice paste, water, and lobster claw & knuckle meat; cook just until water has evaporated.
7. Add sauce packet and coconut milk; bring to a simmer and cook for 1-2 minutes or just until lobster meat and sauce is heated through.
8. Remove the pot from the heat and remove the cinnamon stick & star anise.
9. Portion the lobster korma into bowls and garnish with lobster tails & fresh cilantro.
10. Serve with naan bread and or basmati rice and naan bread.

Note:
*Two (1 ¼ lb.) lobsters yield approximately 280 grams or 2 cups of cooked lobster meat.
– The Patak’s 3-step sauce kit can be substituted for your favourite korma or curry sauce.

Do You Know Lobster?

Lobsters are handled one at a time.

True – Lobsters are handled one at a time.

In PEI, fishers haul traps one at a time, and handle and measure each lobster individually ensuring the ocean floor and the lobsters are carefully protected.